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Business in a Jif

Jessica Ferrer | Contributing Writer November 2, 2011

There are lots of activities that can be accomplished in five minutes. Friends will meet each other in five minutes. There are only five minutes left to make it to class. The snooze button will go off...

Presentation shows Holocaust in a different light

Jessica Ferrer | Contributing Writer November 2, 2011

On Nov. 13, the Wilmington community and UNCW will have a chance to look at the Holocaust through a new set of eyes; Soviet Jewish eyes, to be exact.Dr. David Shneer will be giving his presentation "Through...

Panel Discusses Social Media Use and Battle for the White House

Jessica Ferrer | Contributing Writer November 2, 2011

Ron Paul, Mitt Romney and Herman Cain have something in common other than their desire for presidency: they all have a Twitter account and Facebook fan pages.In the race for the White House, social media...

The Great American Songbook

Alex Nevill | Contributing Writer October 26, 2011

UNCW creative writing professor, Phillip Furia dabbles in many different aspects of his field including poetry and nonfiction. He often writes books on lyrics and lyric writers and even wrote the first...

Rare book store brings history buffs to Wilmington

Shelby Purvis | Staff Writer October 26, 2011

There was something indescribably cozy about the small room. It was sparsely furnished with an antique-looking couch, a brick fireplace and a dark wood coffee table.But the most noticeable thing about...

The Man Behind McDonalds Meltdown Comes to UNCW

Angela Hunt | Photography Editor October 26, 2011

Any man willing to eat nothing but McDonald's for a month to prove a point would have been labeled a lunatic before Morgan Spurlock made a movie about it in 2004. But there were two long lines of audience...

Philip Gerard gives Civil War a fresh look

Jessica Ferrer | Contributing Writer October 25, 2011

Slaves running towards freedom. Wives trying to hold down the household without their husbands and sons. Sounds of gun shots. Cries for equality.Imagine if this were everyday life. For creative writing...

Greeks: Raising The Bar with Philanthropy

Jordan Wilkins | Staff Writer October 20, 2011

Most people assume that fraternity and sorority life is all about the parties, having fun and living the real-life "Animal House." However, there is more to be found in Greek life, such as high standards...

The Katrina Collection: a look at the power of resilience after the greatest storm of the century

Lauren Clairmont | Staff Writer October 20, 2011

One hundred and fifty mph winds and storm surges 35 feet tall, $108 billion in damage and 1,833 confirmed fatalities—Aug. 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made these numbers more than figures in a tropical...

UNCW Triathlon Members take on the Beach2Battleship Ironman Challenge

Jordan Wilkins | Contributing Writer October 12, 2011

October 26, four members of the UNCW Club Triathlon Team will take on one of the hardest races known to man—an Ironman Challenge. The Beach2Battleship is a long-distance triathlon that includes a 2.4...

Social media takeover- student media panel weighs in on privacy issues

Jessica Ferrer | Contributing writer October 12, 2011

Privacy. It's a coveted word. Everyone thinks they deserve a little privacy, a little respect for their personal space. Yet with social media around, privacy may not really exist—at least not on the...

UNCW looks at the woman behind ‘Little Women’

Karen Brown | Contributing Writer October 12, 2011

In the summer of 2010, Margaret Miles of the New Hanover County Public Library (NHCPL) partnered with UNCW to apply for a grant from the American Library Association (ALA) that would enable them to put...

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